Xenophon (433-355 a.C.n.)
Paper manuscript containing the Parallel Lives of Plutarch in latin translation. The first page features a golden initial on a background of white vine stem decoration, as well as a coat of arms in the bottom margin, perhaps that of Guiniforte Zazzi, Pavia professor of law; on the sides of the coat of arms can be read the name of Peter Falck (†1519), the Fribourg humanist through whom the manuscript reached Fribourg before becoming part of the library of the Capuchins, and, in 2004, of the University Library.
Online Since: 10/04/2011
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- Bruni, Leonardo (Author) | Bruni, Leonardo (Translator) | Falck, Peter (Former possessor) | Giustiniani, Leonardo (Translator) | Jacobus, Angelus de Scarperia (Translator) | Philelphus, Franciscus (Translator) | Plutarchus (Author) | Xenophon (Author) Found in: Standard description
At the request of Charles the Bold, in 1470 Vasco de Lucena translated Xenophon's Cyropaedia from the Latin translation by Poggio Bracciolini (Institutio Cyri, 1445) and titled it “ Traitté des faiz et haultes prouesses de Cyrus”. The manuscript was illuminated by the “Maitre des prières de 1500” and contains seven miniatures that tell the story of Cyrus and that inspired the Duke of Burgundy in his political and military actions.
Online Since: 10/04/2018
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- Bourrit, Charles (Librarian) | Engelbert II., Nassau-Dillenburg, Graf (Former possessor) | Gebetbuch-Meister (Illuminator) | Lucena, Vasco de (Author) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) | Poggio Bracciolini, Gian Francesco (Translator) | Xenophon (Author) Found in: Standard description